Climate financing should be readily available to tap for urgent responses to weather events affecting vulnerable islands, according to Pacific island delegates to the 30th UN Climate Change Conference.

By Ron Rocky Coloma The case that stayed with Dr. Erin Murphy involved a sea turtle with eight plastic bags in its stomach. Another autopsy uncovered a plastic water bottle inside an albatross. A sperm whale died with a stomach packed with dozens of bags, rope and fishing nets. Each death became a data point in a global analysis of how plastic ingestion kills marine wildlife, but for Murphy, they were also reminders of how close the problem sits to coastal communities, includ